DEPARTMENT

Open Door to Solitude

Every couple of months, 68-year-old Ed Zevely rides into the Colorado high country to camp for weeks at a time—and he does it completely alone.

Through thunderstorms, open meadows and treacherous passes, he finds his own patch of serenity. Far from the modern world, it's a place where the only goal is to move and breathe, and where you can truly understand the difference between loneliness and solitude.